DescriptionA unit configuration file whose name ends in
- .mount encodes information about a file system mount
- point controlled and supervised by systemd.
+ .mount encodes information about
+ a file system mount point controlled and supervised by
+ systemd.
This man page lists the configuration options
specific to this unit type. See
@@ -68,16 +69,33 @@
in the [Mount] section.Additional options are listed in
- systemd.exec5.
+ systemd.exec5,
+ which define the execution environment the
+ mount8
+ binary is executed in.
- Mount units must be named after the file paths
- they reflect. Example: the mount point
+ Mount units must be named after the mount point
+ directories they control. Example: the mount point
/home/lennart must be configured
in a unit file
home-lennart.mount. For details
about the escaping logic used to convert a file system
path to a unit name see
systemd.unit5.
+
+ Optionally, a mount unit may be accompanied by
+ an automount unit, to allow on-demand or parallelized
+ mounting. See
+ systemd.automount5.
+
+ If an mount point is beneath another mount point
+ in the file system hierarchy, a dependency between both
+ units is created automatically.
+
+ Mount points created at runtime independent on
+ unit files or /etc/fstab will be
+ monitored by systemd and appear like any other mount
+ unit in systemd.
@@ -93,7 +111,7 @@
which influence how dependencies are created for mount
points from /etc/fstab. If
is specified as
- mount option then systemd will create a dependency of
+ mount option, then systemd will create a dependency of
type from either
local-fs.target or
remote-fs.target, depending
@@ -104,7 +122,7 @@
for details.If a mount point is configured in both
- /etc/fstab and a unit file the
+ /etc/fstab and a unit file, the
configuration in the latter takes precedence.
@@ -117,7 +135,7 @@
this section are shared with other unit types. These
options are documented in
systemd.exec5. The
- options specific to the [Mount] section of service
+ options specific to the [Mount] section of mount
units are the following:
@@ -129,7 +147,7 @@
resource to mount. See
mount8
for details. If this refers to a
- device node a dependency on the
+ device node, a dependency on the
respective device unit is
automatically created. (See
systemd.device5 for more information.)
@@ -142,7 +160,7 @@
Takes an absolute path
of a directory of the mount point. If
the mount point is not existing at
- time of mounting it is created. This
+ time of mounting, it is created. This
string must be reflected in the unit
file name. (See above.) This option is
mandatory.
@@ -162,7 +180,7 @@
Mount options to use
when mounting. This takes a comma
- seperated list of options. This
+ separated list of options. This
setting is optional.
@@ -173,7 +191,8 @@
are automatically created if
needed. This option specifies the file
system access mode used when creating
- these directories. Defaults to
+ these directories. Takes an access
+ mode in octal notation. Defaults to
0755.
@@ -181,7 +200,7 @@
TimeoutSec=Configures the time to
wait for the mount command to
- finish. If a comand does not exit
+ finish. If a command does not exit
within the configured time the mount
will be considered failed and be shut
down again. All commands still running
@@ -193,7 +212,7 @@
a time span value such as "5min
20s". Pass 0 to disable the timeout
logic. Defaults to
- 60s.
+ 90s.
@@ -202,7 +221,6 @@
processes of this mount shall be
killed. One of
,
- ,
,
.
@@ -212,13 +230,32 @@
systemd.service5
for details.
+
+
+ KillSignal=
+ Specifies which signal
+ to use when killing a process of this
+ mount. Defaults to SIGTERM.
+
+
+
+
+ SendSIGKILL=
+ Specifies whether to
+ send SIGKILL to remaining processes
+ after a timeout, if the normal
+ shutdown procedure left processes of
+ the mount around. Takes a boolean
+ value. Defaults to "yes".
+
+ See Also
- systemd8,
+ systemd1,
systemctl8,
systemd.unit5,
systemd.exec5,